Mail-binder.



A. M. JAYNE. MAIL BINDER. APPLIOATIOH FILED FEB 6, 1910.

Patented De0.13, 1910.

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ALICE M. JAYNE, OF BRAIDFORD', PENNSYLVANIA.

MAIL-BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed February 5, 1910. Serial No. 542,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE M. JAYNE, citizen of the United States,residing at Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail- Binders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mail binders and has for its object theprovision of a com- .parati'vely simple and thoroughly eflicient deviceof this character for holding letters and other mail matter in a compactbundle or package during transmission through the mail and also for theconvenience of the letter carrier when delivering said mail.

A further object is to provide a mail binder including a supportingmember having a binding or securing strap fastened thereto and adaptedto encircle a bundle of letters or other mail matter, means beingprovided for adjusting the strap to prevent accidental separation of theletters.

A further object is to provide a securing element or strap including aplurality of sections having a link connection between the same so as topermit the strap to be readily passed around a bundle of letters withoutdanger of twisting or buckling the strap.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andeiiiciency, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a letter binder constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view partlyin section, the solid strap portion being shown in dotted lines and thelinked portion thereof in full lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective viewpartly in section, showing the manner of retaining the reinforcing platewithin the pocket of the securing strap.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved mail binder forming the subject matter of the presentinvention comprises a supporting member or plate 5, preferablyrectangular in shape as shown, and

formed of leather or other flexible material, there being spacedtransverse sills 6 formed in the supporting member 5 to permit thepassage of the intermediate portion of a securing element or strap 7.One end of the strap 7 is extended laterally and folded upon itself toform a terminal )ocket 8 in which is seated a substantially triangularreinforcing plate 9, said plate being retained Within the pocket bymeans of a row of stitching 10.

Secured to or formed integral with the reinforcing plate 9 areupstanding locking pins 11, preferably disposed at the corners of theplate 9 and each having a transverse recess 12 formed therein anddefining an overhanging head 13 adapted to engage any one of a series ofopenings 14 formed in the free end of the strap, as shown.

A portion of the securing strap 7 is formed of a plurality of links 15having eyelets 16 in their opposite ends and adapted to receive suitableconnecting links 17, thus to permit the strap to be passed transverselyaround a bundle of letters, indicated at 18 and allow the strap toconform to the shape of the bundle without danger of twisting orbuckling.

In using the device, the letters are positioned on the supporting memberor plate 5, with the head or pocket 8 of the strap resting on the upperletter in the pile, after which the free end of the securing strap ispassed longitudinally around the bundle of letters and said strapadjusted until the desired tension is imparted thereto. One of the pins11 is then inserted through the adj accnt opening 14: in the securingstrap and said strap passed transversely around the bundle of letters,the pivoted sections 15 of the strap permitting the latter to be passedtransversely around the bundle of letters without twisting the strap, asbefore stated. The free end of the securing strap is then passedupwardly over the head or pocket 8 and the heads of the remaining pins11 inserted in the adjacent openings of the strap as best shown in Fig.1 of the drawings, thereby firmly retaining the letters in as sembledposition and effectually preventing accidental displacement of the sameduring transn'iission through the mail.

It Will of course be understood that the mail binders may be made indifferent sizes and shapes and if desired,- the securing strap may beformed of any number of pivotally connected sections Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

The device is extremely simple in construction and may be manufacturedand placed on the market at a comparatively small cost.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

l. A mail binder including a supporting member, and a securing straphaving one end thereof provided with an upstanding pin and its other endformedbf a plurality of pivotally connected sections movable in ahorizontal plane at right anglesto each other and having openingsformedtherein for the reception of the pin.

2. A mail binder including a supporting member, a securmg'strapcarnedbythesupporting member and formedof .a plurallty of sections, eachhaving eyelets formed in triangular supporting plate seated in saidpocket:and provided with upstanding pins, said plate being retainedWithin the pocket by a :row of stitching piercing the adjacent edges ofthe strap, a portion of the opposite end of :the strap being formed of:pivotally connected sections having openings formed therein.andadaptedeto receive the pins.

In :testimony whereof :I afiiX my signature in presence oft-twoWitnesses.

Witnesses:

G. 'SH'ARBE, J. 'M. BROWN.

